Considering you can get legit hardware in a netbook now for around $200, getting what is essentially a bag o' crap for half that isn't much of deal.
It's half the price. I think that's a big deal, if the $100 hardware will service your needs.
Some people don't consider a $500 Apple Mac Mini a big deal. But sometimes, I buy one second hand for $250. Why? Because it's half the price.
You can also think of it some other way. Put the savings in your pension. You'll be glad when you're 80 and you can afford a beautiful blonde Swedish girl to wipe your ass.
What? But the 'Droid is so AWESOME! It's got all those shiny red lights and mechanical arms and giant bulky keyboard, and it insults the fuck out of other phones! How could you not want to be a part of that???
And it's soooo fast, it's like, race-horse-ducttaped-to-a-SCUD-missile-fast.
I always get a kick out of ads that portray having a ipod dock or a 1/8" audio jack to be the main selling point of a $30k vehicle.
I can see how people do not see any quality differences between cars anymore. They're all pretty OK. Then the decision sits on other factors, such as room, brand, appearance, color and -yes- accessoiries.
why does google recommend ~all instead of a hard -all?
I believe it has to do with the fact that some mail providers do not correctly parse SPF records.
When the DNS standard actually will integrate SPF records (instead of the current implementation which uses TXT records), and mail providers use the DNS standard, then the above will probably be a thing of the past.
Four years ago, I got hit by a Joe-job, i.e. some spammer used my domain in the 'From' field. I deleted the thousands of resulting messages in the following days and then didn't think about it anymore.
Two years ago, I shut down my mail server and moved it to Google Apps. Basically it involves creating a Google Apps account which tells you to point your domain its MX (mail exchange) records to GMail. The second, optional, step was to add SPF records. I thought about the Joe-job. Since the GMail wizard is good and explains everything, I just executed that step. It's actually really simple.
Anyone else have this experience? I.e. creating SPF records was too easy to just skip it?
What's wrong with ripping off code? If Microsoft rips off code from these people and these people rip off code from microsoft in return, both (and by extension the end users) benefit.
Nothing, but let's do an analogy.
During coffee breaks, you get one cookie from the cookie jar. Microsoft is always talking about how everyone who shares cookies, is not American, and brings his own. Doesn't share them. One day, he's very hungry, forgot to bring his own cookies, and decides to take one from the cookie jar.
Well sure, I can see the difference, but I feel that's the difference between extreme individualism and some form of putting down rules to form a community.
By some countries' laws, these extended warranties are mostly useless. Under Dutch law, a product is expected to work for a couple of years. Customers who return with a broken device after two years are still entitled to a working device. A negotiation should take place between the seller and the buyer, and one outcome could be a repair, for which the costs cannot be too high.
Some chains like MediaMarkt have put this negotiation down to a few rules and customers are protected by these. On the other hand, international chains like Apple have been found guilty for refusing Dutch customers help with their broken device just outside the warranty.
Well, it wouldn't actually surprise me if some stuff isn't run as a compiled binary, but rather as a script. For instance some DVD players supply firmware upgrades via CD. Figuring out which firmware to load from the CD, checksumming, loading etc. is all very doable from a shell script.
I use a work gmail account for testing/backup. My personal email is not gmail.[...] And some ads in gmail clearly are oriented to my personal stuff.
I've also got a work gmail account, but since we pay for it, it doesn't have any ads. Did you just create a random gmail account, i.e. someone@gmail.com for work purposes? Wouldn't it be better to just make a business Google Apps account for business purposes?
As for why Europeans conquered the world, see "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond. (Short answer: environmental factors.)
Don't forget a healthy dose of bloodthirst. Europeans (or in other words, Christians) have murdered more than anyone else in the history of mankind. All the while exporting the belief of "turning the other cheek".
Cops are bullet stoppers, like front line infantry.
Talking about front line infantery makes me think much more about specially trained armed forces, such as the French gendarmerie, who get called in by the cops if a situation requires more armed skills than your average cop has.
IMHO, a cop is just a civil servant. But then again, I'm living in a NW-European country with ponies and legalized pot.
Experience shows that if you trust the manufacturer will release updated drivers when they become needed, you're going to get screwed sooner or later
I'm not sure that what you are asking, is reasonable. You bought a scanner that worked with the PC you bought. Then you upgraded your PC or bought a new one. And now you complain that the vendor dos not help you for free with the upgrade.
Let me put this in a car analogy. You have a car and you bought a baby seat with it. Then you buy a new car. Now the baby seat does not fit. The vendor could easily supply you with a cheap, plastic piece that makes it fit safely and snugly. You want it for free, while the vendor has a newer model available that fits.
Just because it is a printer driver, which is software, does not mean that it is easy or free to make. Or that it was included in the printer price.
Simple Protocol for Independent Computing Environment (SPICE) supports rendering virtual instances of Windows XP and Windows 7, as well as Red Hat Enterprise Linux
(Emphasis mine). Aha, so it's platform independent? And they support... Two! *badum-ching* operating systems: Windows and Linux. Compare that to VNC, of which it is hard to find an OS that doesn't support it.
Contrary anecdote: I quit my my factory job and started studying for my BSc aged 29, two school aged kids and a wife.
You have a very relaxed wife. I've got a couple of side projects running besides my day job and was thinking about going fulltime entrepreneur. However, we're thinking about kids and my wife is scared shitless of the prospect of just one job.
I'm not on my own here. I've heard similar stories.
My tip: do it while you're on your own, or while not married yet. Or pick a relaxed wife.
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A big part of AT&T's problem is really that the iPhone's radio sucks.
I'm a North-West European iPhone user and I never have dropped calls.
And at $100, it will be cheaper than even the cheapest iPod Touch
And a bigger screen to boot, and perhaps even better battery life. Because the iPod Touches are real juice guzzlers when using WiFi.
Considering you can get legit hardware in a netbook now for around $200, getting what is essentially a bag o' crap for half that isn't much of deal.
It's half the price. I think that's a big deal, if the $100 hardware will service your needs.
Some people don't consider a $500 Apple Mac Mini a big deal. But sometimes, I buy one second hand for $250. Why? Because it's half the price.
You can also think of it some other way. Put the savings in your pension. You'll be glad when you're 80 and you can afford a beautiful blonde Swedish girl to wipe your ass.
may be built around an ARM, MIPS, or X86-based CPU depending on what parts CherryPal has on hand at the time
I believe this also goes for their webserver, which is now in its last death throes.
#88: Also note that Google's multiple outages this year (and last?) don't get a mention.
In 2008, Google Apps did not reach its SLA. But for 2009, I think they did.
What? But the 'Droid is so AWESOME! It's got all those shiny red lights and mechanical arms and giant bulky keyboard, and it insults the fuck out of other phones! How could you not want to be a part of that???
And it's soooo fast, it's like, race-horse-ducttaped-to-a-SCUD-missile-fast.
I always get a kick out of ads that portray having a ipod dock or a 1/8" audio jack to be the main selling point of a $30k vehicle.
I can see how people do not see any quality differences between cars anymore. They're all pretty OK. Then the decision sits on other factors, such as room, brand, appearance, color and -yes- accessoiries.
Well, yes, it does break forwarding. The forwarder will have to switch from forwarding to remailing, where the envelope sender is changed.
why does google recommend ~all instead of a hard -all?
I believe it has to do with the fact that some mail providers do not correctly parse SPF records.
When the DNS standard actually will integrate SPF records (instead of the current implementation which uses TXT records), and mail providers use the DNS standard, then the above will probably be a thing of the past.
Well, lets hope it does not get updated every time the husband is on the golf course. :)
If he golfs, then that'll be the only time it will get updated.
As the saying goes: "Do you still have sex, or do you already play golf?"
Four years ago, I got hit by a Joe-job, i.e. some spammer used my domain in the 'From' field. I deleted the thousands of resulting messages in the following days and then didn't think about it anymore.
Two years ago, I shut down my mail server and moved it to Google Apps. Basically it involves creating a Google Apps account which tells you to point your domain its MX (mail exchange) records to GMail. The second, optional, step was to add SPF records. I thought about the Joe-job. Since the GMail wizard is good and explains everything, I just executed that step. It's actually really simple.
Anyone else have this experience? I.e. creating SPF records was too easy to just skip it?
What's wrong with ripping off code? If Microsoft rips off code from these people and these people rip off code from microsoft in return, both (and by extension the end users) benefit.
Nothing, but let's do an analogy.
During coffee breaks, you get one cookie from the cookie jar. Microsoft is always talking about how everyone who shares cookies, is not American, and brings his own. Doesn't share them. One day, he's very hungry, forgot to bring his own cookies, and decides to take one from the cookie jar.
Well sure, I can see the difference, but I feel that's the difference between extreme individualism and some form of putting down rules to form a community.
By some countries' laws, these extended warranties are mostly useless. Under Dutch law, a product is expected to work for a couple of years. Customers who return with a broken device after two years are still entitled to a working device. A negotiation should take place between the seller and the buyer, and one outcome could be a repair, for which the costs cannot be too high.
Some chains like MediaMarkt have put this negotiation down to a few rules and customers are protected by these. On the other hand, international chains like Apple have been found guilty for refusing Dutch customers help with their broken device just outside the warranty.
Well, it wouldn't actually surprise me if some stuff isn't run as a compiled binary, but rather as a script. For instance some DVD players supply firmware upgrades via CD. Figuring out which firmware to load from the CD, checksumming, loading etc. is all very doable from a shell script.
Declaring something a "positive right" means you are declaring a "right" to a portion of someone else's life.
No. Just no.
That's calling a glass half empty, IMHO.
Let's rephrase your sentence.
Declaring something a "positive right" means you are prepared to provide a level of civilization to other citizens.
Taxing one person to provide for someone else is theft, pure and simple.
Your opinion is so far off the radar for most people, I'd mod you +5 funny.
Please think about that.
I use a work gmail account for testing/backup. My personal email is not gmail.[...] And some ads in gmail clearly are oriented to my personal stuff.
I've also got a work gmail account, but since we pay for it, it doesn't have any ads. Did you just create a random gmail account, i.e. someone@gmail.com for work purposes? Wouldn't it be better to just make a business Google Apps account for business purposes?
As for why Europeans conquered the world, see "Guns, Germs, and Steel" by Jared Diamond. (Short answer: environmental factors.)
Don't forget a healthy dose of bloodthirst. Europeans (or in other words, Christians) have murdered more than anyone else in the history of mankind. All the while exporting the belief of "turning the other cheek".
Cops are bullet stoppers, like front line infantry.
Talking about front line infantery makes me think much more about specially trained armed forces, such as the French gendarmerie, who get called in by the cops if a situation requires more armed skills than your average cop has.
IMHO, a cop is just a civil servant. But then again, I'm living in a NW-European country with ponies and legalized pot.
Experience shows that if you trust the manufacturer will release updated drivers when they become needed, you're going to get screwed sooner or later
I'm not sure that what you are asking, is reasonable. You bought a scanner that worked with the PC you bought. Then you upgraded your PC or bought a new one. And now you complain that the vendor dos not help you for free with the upgrade.
Let me put this in a car analogy. You have a car and you bought a baby seat with it. Then you buy a new car. Now the baby seat does not fit. The vendor could easily supply you with a cheap, plastic piece that makes it fit safely and snugly. You want it for free, while the vendor has a newer model available that fits.
Just because it is a printer driver, which is software, does not mean that it is easy or free to make. Or that it was included in the printer price.
From the summary:
(Emphasis mine). Aha, so it's platform independent? And they support... Two! *badum-ching* operating systems: Windows and Linux. Compare that to VNC, of which it is hard to find an OS that doesn't support it.
[..] SMS messages [..]
Yes, those really add up.
On your bill, they do!!
Digital cameras these days put out 2 MB jpgs
Digital cameras these days put out 40 MB movies.
Yeah, I'm just being pedantic :-)
Contrary anecdote: I quit my my factory job and started studying for my BSc aged 29, two school aged kids and a wife.
You have a very relaxed wife. I've got a couple of side projects running besides my day job and was thinking about going fulltime entrepreneur. However, we're thinking about kids and my wife is scared shitless of the prospect of just one job.
I'm not on my own here. I've heard similar stories.
My tip: do it while you're on your own, or while not married yet. Or pick a relaxed wife.